Preparing for chicken stewardship...

[ladywolf]

Greetings All!

I am thinking of getting chickens and have come here seeking the wisdom of the Chicken Masters

I worked on farms as an adolescent, OK, I am still a bit of an adolescent sometimes

, so we will say when I was a teenager and young adult. I have three horses, nine cats and a dog and instead of a partridge in a pear tree I would like to add a few chickens in a coop! I live in rural New Hampshire. I have a friend with chickens and have learned from her, but I hate to bug her all the time as she is VERY busy!

I will welcome any and all information and advice!

Kimberly

or Kim

or Ladywolf

 

[Attack Chicken]

from Indiana!!!

 

[schellie69]

from Kansas

 

[Lesa]

Welcome! Welcome! You surely need chickens to round out your farm! They really are a joy to have. Will you keep them in a barn- or are you planning on building a coop?

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Quote:
Hey, I'm a busy person too, but I'll drop anything if someone wants to talk about or ask advice about chickens, that's for sure.

Welcome to BYC, from Cape Cod.

 

[ladywolf]

Thanks for the welcomes so far!


And maybe both coop and barn. Coop with in and out access for the Spring, Summer and Fall then a stall in the barn for Winter, probably December-February.

I like the idea of free range during the day, but not at night, too many predators around here; coyotes, fox, fisher cats....

 

[b.hromada]

Hi Kim!

from S. Florida! Its great to have you here with us!

 

[Desert Rooster]

Hello

from Hesperia, Ca and

 

[4-H chicken mom]

and

from Ohio. So glad you joined. I think you will enjoy yourself here. There are a lot of great folks here, ready to help whenever they can.

 

[dawg53]

Welcome to BYC.